[78-L] New DON RAYNO PAUL WHITEMAN book

[David Weiner]

BTW, I note Th eBook Depository has it for $63, $22 off list price.

http://www.bookdepository.com/Paul-Whiteman-Don-Rayno/9780810882041?utm_med
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Dave Weiner

On 1/2/13 2:49 PM, "David Weiner" <djwein at earthlink.net> wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>Hope you all had a terrific new year celebration! I'm celebrating with the
>new Paul Whiteman Volume 2 book by Don Rayno, which was delayed quite a
>while ­ I was getting updates from Amazon every week or so since the
>original publication date of August 2012 was apparently delayed ­ it
>finally
>arrived just before the New Year and is about twice as thick as the first
>volume! I'm fully immersed and enjoying it immensely. The only
>disappointment is the repetition of several inaccuracies that have been
>perpetuated in discographies since a year from Shevuos, Like saying that
>vocalist Jeanie Lang is credited on the label of Trumbauer's "I Like to Do
>Things For You."  The label says only, "with vocal refrain," which is
>actually Mildred Bailey, as Rayno correctly observes.  Quite a few
>alternate
>Whiteman takes that were issued on CD by RCA some 20 years ago are still
>not
>included and very surprisingly, one of Paul's last recordings, a special
>LP
>for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, is mentioned nowhere.  And some obvious
>details are missed ­ for example, no mention that the Modernaires'
>wordless
>vocal on the Decca "I'm Comin' Virginia" is based on Bix's solo with Tram.
>
>But these are tiny complaints in a massive pile of great new information
>and
>terrific photographs.
>
>Dave Weiner
>
>
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